town car

plural town cars

1. automotiveA car having a kind of bodystyle produced from 1908 to 1939 with an external or open-topped driver's position and an enclosed compartment for passengers.

   Her great-uncle was a wealthy man. The type who had a town car and who had a right-hand man to drive it.

   Synonyms: coupé de ville

2. informalautomotiveA hired non-stretch limousine, traditionally but not necessarily a standard-wheelbase Lincoln Town Car or Cadillac sedan.First known use 1970s-present

   They called to get a town car sent out to the airport to pick up the visiting executives for the sales conference.

3. nonstandardautomotiveSynonym of city car.

   Synonyms: city car